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Saturday, June 8, 2013

First Impressions of The Balm | Blush & Concealer mini review

After so long of hearing about The Balm through the YouTube & Blogging communities I finally have my hands on a couple of their products.... and I am so glad I didn't go overboard with their sale on Ozsale in April because I'm sure I will finally be able to look at the products in person soon.

Ozsale didn't have the hugest range of colours for every product, I think they only had 2 for blushes so I had to decide between Cabana Boy & Down Boy I think it was... I choose Cabana Boy because I didn't think I had anything too similar to it already.

I really like it, and I've worn it a fair few times already because I think it is quite a universal colour, a pretty mauve-pink colour with shimmer.

I've also been wanting to try different concealers, mainly something that I can also use to highlight underneath my eyes. I chose the Time Balm concealer in the colour Light. Unfortunately at the moment it basically matches my foundation colour anyway so there is only a slight highlight but if I get more tanned I'm sure it will stand out more. I also like this concealer for covering pimples & scarring. It has good coverage & I like to use it with my Real Techniques Deluxe Crease Brush. It is not essentially creamy so you have to work it into your skin fast before it sets.

This is my FOTD using Cabana Boy as my blush and the Time Balm concealer under my eyes, I hope you can see how good the coverage is. I'm also wearing on the eyes NyxCaviar & Bubblespalette, Sugarpill's Hysteric under my eyes & Bite Beauty'sHigh Pigment Lip Pencil in Pomegranate.
What products have you tried & like from The Balm? The next thing on my list is the Mary Lou-Manizer because it looks like a stunning highlighter!

29 comments:

I've only tried the Balm Jovi palette and I absolutely love it! The formula of the eyeshadows is impeccable! It also included the Mary-lou manizer and it is such a beautiful highlight - definitely recommend!

oh snap! i recently got the Cabana Boy blush too =D the pigmentation is really amazing and it's such a gorgeous shade. apparently it can be used as an eyeshadow too but the shade is a bit too intense for the eyes, hehe. ohhh i've never thought of trying out the concealer, it looks really good and i can actually see the coverage! :) thanks for the review hun. <3

Such a beautiful look! I get this 60s' vibe from it with the winged liner haha :) Pomegranate looks wonderful in your pictures and Cabana Boy is so gorgeous. I definitely need to get my hands on some The Balm stuff! Thanks for the review :D x

So glad to hear you love the shade, its one of my favorite types of shades and I have that one too! I've seen that concealer but I want something creamier! Hope the tan develops, I can't wait to hit the beach sometime!

Ooh I'm happy to hear that you have & love it too, because your blush choices are always perfect! Yeah if you want creamier I wouldn't get this.... haha the tan will develop soon! I'm not that pale though it's thanks to my bathroom frosted window :P xx

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